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Hello,
When I create a document using the Mail Merge function, which extracts information from the columns of an Excel 2010 spreadsheet, the Spell Check function doesn't work in the Word document once the merge is complete. Does anybody know how to correct this?
Thank you!
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Why would you need to spell check after the merge? Spell check your merge document before merging, and if your data source has spelling errors, then correct them in the data source. A garbage in - garbage out!
For us, we have 'blank' merge documents (our letterhead, client information and signature blocks are merged) - however, the 'blank' section is for the person to customize thus the spell check doesn't work. any fixes?
I don't think that it is "thus" at all. The text that the user enters into the blank section must have a proofing language assigned to it and it must not be marked with the option to "not check spelling and grammar" under the Review>Language>Set Proofing Language facility.